Literature Review

Lourdes, Ginny, Sherry

I. Title: An East Oakland Odyssey: Exploring the Love of Reading in a Small SchoolII. Author: Elena AguilarIII. Author's Purpose for Writing: Ms. Aguilar, a middle-school teacher, was disturbed by her students’ low reading level and by their negative attitude toward school, especially toward reading.IV. What are the points made in the review of the literature? Do they support the need for the study? (1) Students cannot describe anything they did over the weekend. They seem to find all activities, especially reading, boring. (2) The teacher has always loved reading, and as a child it greatly influenced her life.
She wants to pass this love of reading on to her students. (3) because she has these students for three years, she can do a 3 year study, focused on Eduardo
and her own inquiry.V. Author's Inquiry Question/sVI. Author's Methodology : Reading that is pertinent; multiple assessments; literature circles; multiple readings; dramaA. Who is being studied? EduardoB. Over what length of time? Three yearsC. What data is being collected: Participation in literature circles, attitude toward readingD. How is it being analyzed: survey, inquiry, observationE. Any other interesting or pertinent dataVII. How the author collected information: Observation, surveysVIII. What the Author Discovered or Conclusions/Implications: Increased confidence, improvement in his reading skills, positive experiences in literature circles, support from peers and adults